Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t know; I don’t know the extra name but there was
a little colored boy who was the greatest pianoplayer and singer for a
kid 10 years of age.
Jack took him to Chicago, tried to get him on the TV and tried to get
him on radio, and we went to New York, Jack spent all this money, and
the deal was all set, with even a tutor for the kid, a tutor, all set,
the contract was going to be signed, and everything, and he had to give
the mother and father 25 percent or something like that of the kid’s
earnings and Jack took 25 percent, I think for his work and expenses,
and the kid would get the rest of the 50 percent and all the money for
the tutoring would come out of the kid, expenses and so forth, all set
and signed. This you will never believe. A second mother shows up. You
know that would make a story in itself.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Tell us about it.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t know, that is it. That is all.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did you learn about the second mother?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. From Eva.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you learn about this?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Way after; Jack was advised by his lawyer in order to
avoid a lot of legal difficulties, and all that stuff, drop it, and
Jack dropped it like a hot potato. You can get yourself into a lot of
trouble, two mothers. Talk about Jack with his promotions. That is the
kind of a guy Jack was, you would love him, nice guy, likable guy. Do
you a favor any time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What other promotions can you think of?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. It is really funny. Jack’s promotions. I wish I could
think of all of them. Ever since he was a kid. I can’t think offhand
now. But when I heard about that two-mother deal that was really funny.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you hear about the two-mother problem before or after
the President was killed?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Oh, this is long before.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So this is something that was, you all knew about?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I am just trying to give you the background of Jack’s
life, what kind of a guy Jack was. He would never hurt anybody, I mean
either physically or mentally. He loved life, he loved a story, he
loved to laugh, he loved women, and--but don’t hurt him, don’t hurt
him or you would never hear the end of it. He was very sensitive, very
sensitive.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Give us some examples of that.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Well, I gave you one about the Roosevelt chair, and I
am trying to think of something very important in his life. Yes; he
popped Eva on the nose one time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did that happen?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t know. Something about chop suey. I wasn’t
there. He popped my own sister on the nose. That is the kind of a guy
he was, something quick, something broke in him and he hit her, hit her
right in the nose, which isn’t like our family.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So when you say he wouldn’t hurt anybody, what do you mean
by that?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I mean he wouldn’t go out of the way and start a fight.
I mean he wouldn’t just pick a fight on the street.
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